Fishhook holder



Feb. 14, 1950 H. E. scHlNDLER FISHHOOK HOLDER Filed NOV. 26, 1948 IE-l MM MJ/ 0 l JNVENTOR. /4/ Hmm E. ScHmDLER Patented Feb. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT-'vormen Henry E. Schindler, Seattle, Wash. Application November ze, 1948, serial No. 61,963

out damaging the clothing or interfering, in anyway, with the activities of the wearer of the clothing, and will hold a supply of spare iish hooks in a manner such that, while the points of the hooks cannot become exposed, thehooks can be quickly and easily detached, which will support the hooks on the users person in a confvenient position for easy removal of the hooks by one hand of the user, and which is simple and durable in construction, economical to manufacture, and neat and attractive in appearance.

Other objects and advantages will become 'apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claims in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a iish hook holder illustrative of the invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder illustrated in Figure 1 with the holder-attaching pins omitted;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a transverse cross-section on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the holder illustrated in Figure 1.

With continued reference to the drawing, the ilsh hook holder comprises, in general, a back I0, two wires Il and I2 having series of fish hook retaining eyes therein, a pad I3 of resilient material, such as sponge rubber, and a pair of pin fasteners I4.

The back I is an elongated, rectangular pieceof thin sheet metal having a width somewhat greater than the length of a fish hook normally used in fly shing, and having a length suflicient to support a supply of ten or twelve spare fish hooks thereon. The end portions of the back are folded over to provide at each end of the back a loop I and an offset flange I8 disposed inwardly of the adjacent loop. Each flange is attached to its corresponding loop by integral portions I1 and I8 of the folded-over end part of the back, the portion I1 lying along the front surface of the back in contact therewith, and the portion I8 2 Claims. (Cl. l11i-575) being inclined outwardly from the back and away from the adjacent loop I5 from the portion I1 to the adjacent edge of the flanged portion lli.r

, Between the folded-over end portions, the back is provided with a pair of elongated, substantially parallel grooves I9 and 2D, and with a respective series of longitudinally, spaced-apart apertures 2| in each of these grooves.

Each wire member I I and I2 has formed therein a series of spaced-apart, U-shaped eyes 22, each having an outside width substantially equal to the diameter of an aperture 2i, and having a length somewhat less than the distance between the back and the offset flanges I6. vThe wire II is disposed in the groove I9 with'its eyes 22 proiecting through the.correspondingapertures 2i and disposed substantially perpendicular to the back l0, and the wire I2 is disposed in the groove 2D with its eyes 22 extending through respective apertures 2| ,in this groove, and also disposed substantially perpendicular to the front face of the back.

The pad I3 is an elongated, rectangular piece of soft, resilient material, such as sponge or foam rubber, having a width substantially equal to the ywidth of the back I0, a length equal to the distance between the outer edges of the anges IB, and a thickness somewhat greater than the length of the eyes 22 of the wires.

The pad I3 has its ends secured between the back and the iianges I6 and is provided with two series of Ispaced-apart apertures 23 which respectively receive the eyes 22 of the two wires II and I2.

The fasteners I 4 are conveniently provided as conventional safety pins having their backs secured in the loops I5 with their shanks 24 spaced outwardly from the respective loops, the shanks being connected at one end to the backs by the usual resilient, looped portion 25, and releasably secured at their free ends in respective heads 25.

With the above-described arrangement, the pointed ends of the hooks are inserted through eyes 22 by rst depressing or compressing the portions of the resilient pad around the respective eyes, so that the hooks are held in the manner illustrated in Figure l. Upon release and reexpansion of the resilient material of the pad, each hook will be rmly held in the outer end of the eye in which it is engaged, and its point will be embedded in the resilient material of the pad, so that the point cannot become accidentally exposed while the hook is carried on the holder. A hook is removed by compressing the portion of the.. pad around the corresponding eye to free the hook in the eye, and then pushing the pointed end of the hook out of the eye, applying pressure to the hook in a direction to maintain the barb clear of the eye While the pointed end of the hook is being removed.

The holder is of extremely light Weight, so that its presence on the clothing of a fisherman is hardly noticeable, is of such small size that it does not interfere in any Way with the activities of the iisherman, may be attached tof the shermans clothing in a position "for Yconvenient removal of the hooks, such as high upon the chest at one side or the other, and is so simple and economical in manufacture that it may'vbefsold in large volume at a substantially nominal cost. 15 The invention may be embodied :in other* f specific forms without departing from :the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is, therefore, to be considerdinll respects as illustrative .and not restrictive, the vscope `of the invention being 2 indicated by the lfappended -.elaims rather .than fby lthe :foregoing description, fandcall Y Changes whichv come" within the meaning and `range Lof equivalency 4of '.the claims Hare, therefore, intendedtobewembraced mtherein.

Whatdsiclaimedisz 1. A fish hook holder comprising athin-walled rectangular I back having at fea'chz'end 'La :foldediover ,portion providin'g an offset .'iange at Seach end of =saidba'ck,:\said .ba-ck: having: spacedapar't apertures therein between said .iiiarrges, ia Wire :having Lit-shaped feyes therein 'rsecured to"'said `mack with sai'd eyes lextending 'through respe'c- .tive aperturesiinfsaidback,^2and Iapa'dof resilient fmaterialfdisposedfon saidfback with. itsV endsisecured between said1back ian-d said offset z iianges,

said pad having apertures therein receiving respective eyes of said wire and having a thickness greater than the distance said eyes extend from said back, whereby iish hooks may be inserted through said eyes upon compression of the portions of the resilient pads surrounding said eyes and will be firmly held in said eyes with their points embedded in said pad upon re-expansion of the resilient pad material.

2. A 'iish hook holder comprising a. thin, Yrectangular back having "at each end a foldedover portion providing an offset flange at each E"end of said back, said back having a pair of spaced-apart, substantially parallel grooves extending longitudinally thereof between said offfsetfflangesgand a series of spaced-apart aper V.tures .in .each groove, a wire secured in each groove, each Wire including a series of U-shaped eyes "extending respectively through the corre- 20 spending series of apertures, and a pad of resili- Afsaid'eyes extend `from said back.

HENRY E. SCHINDLER.

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